Photograph-holder



L. D. BENDER.

PHOTOGRAPH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-23. I9I8- Ewe/r1207;

Patentd Mar. 9, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO I). BENDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PHOTOGRAPH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

Application filed September 23, 1918. Serial No. 255,255.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, LEO D. BENDER, a

' citizen of the United'States', and a resident holder,

of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photograpl1-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to photograph holders and the object is to provide an improved holder for mounting, protecting and mailing a photograph and which can be opened up and res sections locked together toform a rigid and neat frame for d1splay1ng the 'Fig. 5 is a top view showing the holder I unfolded and the sections locked together to form a display stand.

The holder comprises the sections A,'B, C and D, all forming part ofa single sheet of paper, the section D being a narrow flap. Against the back of the section A is secured, as by pasting, the mounting board E which is of heavier and stifl'er paper than the part comprising the sections A, B, C and D, and tlns mounting board has at its corners the a paper clips or pockets a for receiving the corners of the photograph to be mounted. As shown in Fig. 3, and bv dotted lines in Fig. 2, the section A with the mounting board E thereon isfolded against the section B to display the photograph when the holder lays fiat. The sections B and 0 form covers for the mount holding section and the flap D by engaging around the folding edge of the sections A and B lock the sections B and C together against the mount holding section sothat the photograph is protected and the holder held closed: In this condition the holder can readily be mailed and if desired the flap can be pasted downor stickers applied to hold it in place during mailing.

Fig. 5 shows the holder unfolded and the sections brought together to form the triangular display frame or stand' To hold the sections in unfolded position and form a rigid frame the flap is inserted between the edges of the section A and the mounting board E thereon, these edge sections being left unglued a sufficient distance to" permit entry of the flap, and these edge sections will exert snfiicient pressure on the flap to hold it in place so that a rigid frame is formed for displaying the photograph. v I do not desire to be hunted to the exact constructlon shown. and described as modifications are no doubt possible which would still come within the scope I claim as follows: i V v A photograph holder comprising'a rectan gular sheet of material, divided along parallel fold lines into end sections and a central section of substantially equal size, a photograph mounting board attached to one of said end sections, the other end section being provided with an end marginal flap serving of 'th esinvention.

to seal said holder-when said sections are folded upon each otherand to be lnserted.

between the corresponding margins of said photograph mounting board and the other end sections when said holder is folded to display said photograph mounting board.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 19th day of September, A. 1)., 1918..

LEO D; BENDER. 

